{"id":"F2021L00946","name":"Social Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act—Hulhumale 2020) Declaration 2021","slug":"social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-hulhumale-2020-declaration-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440916,"registerId":"F2021L00946-fast-fetch-1775956370699","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act—Hulhumale 2020) Declaration 2021","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nSocial Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act—Hulhumale 2020) Declaration 2021\n\nI, SCOTT JOHN MORRISON, Prime Minister, make the following declaration.\n\nDated    7 / 6 / 2021     \n\nSCOTT JOHN MORRISON\n\nPrime Minister\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Declared overseas terrorist act\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Social Security (Declared Overseas Terrorist Act—Hulhumale 2020) Declaration 2021.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 35B(1) of the Social Security Act 1991.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Social Security Act 1991.\n\nterrorist act has the meaning given by subsection 100.1(1) of the Criminal Code.\n\n5  Declared overseas terrorist act\n\n  The following terrorist act is a declared overseas terrorist act:\n\n (a)   the knife attack on 4 February 2020 against foreign tourists in Hulhumale, Maldives, which occurred between approximately 7 pm and 8 pm Maldives Time.\n\nNote: If the Prime Minister makes a declaration under subsection 35B(1) of the Act, then the Minister is taken to have made a determination under subsection 36(1) of the Act that the terrorist act is a major disaster.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This declaration serves exactly its original intended purpose: to declare a specific historical terrorist incident as a 'declared overseas terrorist act' to trigger social security support mechanisms. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the single event described."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (5 sections, approximately 200 words total)","Only 2 defined terms ('Act' and 'terrorist act')","Single operative provision (section 5) with no conditional logic or exceptions","No cross-references beyond basic authority citation and definition lookup","Straightforward factual declaration with no discretionary elements or procedural requirements"],"plain_english_summary":"On 4 February 2020 a knife attack on foreign tourists in Hulhumale, Maldives is formally declared a \"declared overseas terrorist act\" under the Social Security Act 1991. \n\nThat declaration treats the incident as a social-security \"major disaster,\" allowing Australian victims and their families to access special payments and support (including the Australian Victim of Terrorism Overseas Payment) that would otherwise be unavailable."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not broaden the legal scope of the Social Security Act; it only applies existing Act mechanisms to a single, specified overseas incident by declaring that incident a 'declared overseas terrorist act' (s.5) and triggering the Act’s major‑disaster treatment (note to s.5)."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow subject matter: single named incident (s.5).","Short, formulaic instrument with few operative clauses (ss.1–5).","Relies on and cross‑refers to external statutory provisions rather than creating new rules (authority s.3 cites Social Security Act 1991 s35B(1); definition of \"terrorist act\" refers to Criminal Code s100.1(1)).","Automatic legal effect rather than discretionary regulatory regime: declaration causes Minister to be taken to have made a determination (note to s.5).","Simple commencement rule (commences day after registration, s.2)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made by the Prime Minister under subsection 35B(1) of the Social Security Act 1991, declares the 4 February 2020 knife attack in Hulhumale, Maldives a \"declared overseas terrorist act\" (s.5). Mechanically, that declaration causes the Minister to be taken to have determined the event a \"major disaster\" under subsection 36(1) of the Act (note to s.5), enabling the Act’s social‑security responses for affected persons. It changes who the government treats as eligible for those responses; it does not itself create new offences or private obligations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-hulhumale-2020-declaration-2021","history":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-hulhumale-2020-declaration-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-hulhumale-2020-declaration-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-hulhumale-2020-declaration-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-hulhumale-2020-declaration-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-declared-overseas-terrorist-act-hulhumale-2020-declaration-2021/documents"}}